AFCON 2013 Ball Naming Competition

adidas, the official ball supplier for AFCON and all FIFA sanctioned tournaments, will produce the official matchball for the 2013 edition of AFCON – which will be played in South Africa.

adidas – in conjunction with Supersport – is inviting all African football fans to participate in choosing the appropriate name for the official matchball for 2013 AFCON tournament.


To streamline the process, adidas has shortlisted 3 names from which the public can choose. The names were taken from local South African languages as the host nation. A similar approach had been used in choosing the name for 2010 FIFA World Cup™ - Jabulani.

• adidas does not sponsor AFCON – they are a partner of CAF and official ball supplier since 2008.

adidas have produced 3 balls for the AFCON tournament since 2008.

Wawa Aba – for the AFCON in Ghana – 2008

Jabulani –for the AFCON in Angola – 2010

Comoequa –the AFCON in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea – 2012

• Now we are asking the African football fans in South Africa and the rest of Africa to participate in a competition to choose the appropriate name for the AFCON ball in 2013 – which will be hosted by South Africa.

• To streamline the competition – adidas has shortlisted three names for the fans to choose from and the names are:

- Khanya (shine/light)

- Katlego (success)

- Motswako (mixture)

The voting process

• To stand a chance of winning a double ticket to the final game of AFCON in 2013 – viewers will have to go to http://www.supersport.com/competitions/afconadidas and vote for one of the 3 names.

The prize

The ultimate prize is winning a double ticket to the final of the AFCON 2013 tournament. The winner will be drawn on the 20th of February 2012 as per competition rules and conditions.